The Song army was chased by the Yanyun army and headed towards the city gate. The city gate was about to be lost. Boom boom boom...! Suddenly there was a thunderous roar on the city wall, and then dust and blood flew everywhere outside the city. It turned out that the cannon on the Xiangyang city wall was firing! The Song Army, which was fleeing for its life, and the Yanyun Army, which was chasing the enemy, suffered heavy losses in a moment! The Yanyun army retreated immediately, while the Song army hurriedly rushed into the city gate.
The battlefield gradually became quiet, and Yan Yun's army returned to the other side on bamboo and wooden rafts. Yan Yun's offensive came to an end.
The officers and soldiers of the Song Army could not help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw that Yan Yun's army had suspended their attack. Liu Feng, who was standing next to Cao Yong, couldn't help but murmured: "Yan Yun's army is stronger than expected! The offensive on the first day actually put Xiangyang City in danger!" Cao Yong frowned.
Yao Ping, covered in blood and in a state of embarrassment, ran up to the city gate tower. He clasped his fists depressed and angrily and said, "Commander, they are so treacherous. They actually lured us out and bombarded us with cannons!"
Cao Yong frowned and said, "It's my fault. I didn't expect them to use this trick!"
Liu Feng said: "Today is probably just a tentative attack by the Yanyun Army, and the attacks in the future will be even more fierce!"
Cao Yong frowned and said to Yao Ping: "You lead a group of soldiers and horses to ambush outside the city. If the enemy comes ashore to attack the city, follow my signal and attack the enemy with me!" Yao Ping clasped his fists in agreement and ran down.
Cao Yong turned to look at the other side and saw that Yan Yunjun had no intention of continuing to attack and slowly retreated. Cao Yong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then frowned and murmured: "I once fought with three thousand soldiers at Xianren Pass against a hundred thousand Khitan army, but I was not afraid at all! But today, today, facing Yan Yun's army, I But I have no confidence at all!" Liu Feng nodded and said, "My subordinates also feel this way! I'm afraid it's because time has changed and everything is different!" Cao Yong turned to look at Liu Feng and asked: " Do you think we are good enough to win?"
Liu Feng sighed and said: "The Yanyun Army is much stronger than expected! The sharpness of the attack is far beyond the previous imagination! However, our army also has advantages. Our army is no less powerful than the Yanyun Army. We rely on the strong city , and with the Han River as a barrier and constant backup, although Yanyun is strong, it is not easy to attack Xiangyang in one fell swoop! The failure of the Yanyun army to succeed in a strong attack today is proof!"
Cao Yong nodded, and couldn't help but sigh as he thought of the emperor who refused to use internal funds and the courtiers who had no money. At this moment, there was a noise from under the city gate. Cao Yong frowned, turned around and walked to the inside of the city gate tower. Looking under the city gate, he saw hundreds of people crowding at the city gate, clamoring to get out. It was now wartime and the whole city was under martial law. Naturally, the city gate officers could not let them out, so a dispute broke out between the two sides.
I heard a commoner in his fifties yelling angrily: "King Yan is the Great Bodhisattva of Light. If you go against King Yan, you will not end well. We don't want to wait to die with you. Let us out quickly." !" The people all agreed, saying that King Yan was the reincarnation of the Great Bodhisattva of Light, who came to save all sentient beings. To go against King Yan would be to go against the gods and Buddhas all over the sky, which would lead to death. They did not want to stay in Xiangyang and wait for death, so Get out! The captain who was guarding the gate was allowed to say whatever he wanted, but the people just didn't listen and kept shouting!
Cao Yong frowned and said to a general beside him: "Take people down immediately and arrest those people who are leading the way in deceiving the public! Let the other people disperse. If they don't obey, they will be arrested for collaborating with the enemy. !”
The general clasped his fists in agreement and immediately led more than a hundred soldiers under his command to run down and come to the front of the people. The people who were making noise couldn't help but stop their noise when they saw someone coming. Then I saw them rushing in to arrest people with a ferocious look, and I immediately panicked.
The general arrested several common people led by the general, and then shouted sternly at the rest of the people: "Go back, otherwise you will be charged with collaborating with the enemy!" When the common people saw that the officers and soldiers were coming for real, they were frightened, and they dared not say anything. He turned around and ran away in a panic, and the originally noisy scene suddenly became quiet.
Liu Feng frowned and said: "In recent days, rumors have been flying all over the city, which can't help but unsettle the people's morale, and inevitably affect the morale of the military! There may be Yan Yun's spies at work!"
Cao Yong nodded and said: "I am also worried about this matter. Now that the Yanyun Army is approaching, if the hearts of the soldiers and the people are not stable, how can this battle be fought?" He looked at Liu Feng and said: "Master Lu, the prefect of Xiangyang He is a loyal man, but lacks ability. He cannot catch the spy Yan Yun and stabilize the people's hearts! Mr. Liu, you have to worry about this matter!" Liu Feng cupped his fists and said: "It is my duty!"
The next day, Yanyun's army was divided into east and west routes and launched a battle across the river at the same time. Since the crossing point was some distance away from Xiangyang, the artillery on the Xiangyang city wall could not intercept the Yanyun army crossing the river. Wu Jie immediately sent two armies out of the city to intercept the two Yanyun troops crossing the river. However, the Yanyun army was too powerful. As soon as the two sides came into contact, the Song army could not resist it. With the Yanyun army's fierce counterattack, the Song army Immediately, they were defeated and fell back. The two Yanyun troops successfully crossed the Han River and immediately established a bridgehead. At the same time, they began to cooperate with the construction of a pontoon bridge on the other side. Once the pontoon bridge is built, Yanyun's army will inevitably come rolling in. Xiangyang will be in danger at that time! The situation is already very critical for the Xiangyang defenders!
At this moment, Yan Yunjun, who was guarding the bridgehead upstream, suddenly heard loud shouts and rolling footsteps coming from the side and rear. Startled, he hurriedly followed the sound, and saw the Song army's fierce general Yao Ping leading an army of fifty or sixty thousand people rushing out of the forest and rushing towards them. At this time, the Yanyun Army's attention was all in the direction of Xiangyang, and they did not expect that enemy troops would appear in the side and rear direction. Therefore, the military formation was facing the direction of Xiangyang, and the side and rear position was a huge weakness. Yan Yun's army was startled when they saw the enemy suddenly appearing from behind. At this moment, Cao Yong's 20,000 troops rushed out of the city and came towards Yan Yun's army.
Yanyun's army could barely withstand the attack of Yao Ping's troops, but at this moment, the 20,000 soldiers and horses led by Cao Yong slammed into the side and rear of Yanyun's army. Yan Yun's army is trying its best to resist Yao Ping's troops. Although Sergeant Yan Yun, who is responsible for defending the rear, is desperately resisting, the disparity in strength is too great. No matter how strong a few wooden stakes are, they cannot withstand the stormy waves! So in an instant, the side and rear defense lines were broken through by 20,000 troops commanded by Cao Yong! Yan Yun's army, which was fighting fiercely with Yao Ping's troops, couldn't help but be distracted, and was suddenly unable to withstand the fierce charge of Yao Zhong's troops, and the entire defense line collapsed!
The Yanyun army was completely disrupted by the Song army. However, despite the chaos, the Yanyun army was not afraid and still fought bravely under the leadership of generals at all levels. The sound of killings on the beach was loud, and the corpses of soldiers from both sides quickly covered the sand. The blood dyed the beach red, and then dyed the Han River red! Due to the huge disparity in strength between the two sides, Yan Yun's army finally could not resist and had to retreat.
Seeing that Yan Yun's army had retreated, Cao Yong immediately shouted to a general beside him: "Fire rockets!" The general immediately led the crossbowmen to the water's edge, pulled out a special arrow, lit it, and then shot toward the already set up Two-thirds of the pontoon was shot away. After several rounds of fire and rain, the unfinished pontoon bridge was ignited and burst into flames. Then the pontoon bridge fell apart and rushed downstream!
Soldier Yan Yun, who was building a pontoon bridge downstream, could not help but change his expression when he saw many burning pontoon bridge wreckage rushing down from the upstream. In the blink of an eye, many burning debris hit the pontoon bridge being built downstream. In a series of huge collisions, the pontoon bridge fell apart and fell apart in an instant! Many Yanyun soldiers who were too late to return to the shore fell into the water and drifted with the current!
Yan Yun's soldiers who were guarding the bridgehead downstream were shocked when they saw this scene. At this moment, a short trumpet sound of retreat was heard from the other side. When General Yanyun heard the signal, although he was very reluctant, he boarded the bamboo raft and retreated without hesitation.
Another round of Yan Yun's attacks failed. Yang Peng and his generals walked into the big tent. Yang Peng turned around and saw that all the generals were very depressed and angry. He smiled and said: "Don't be angry. If Cao Yong can resist the Khitan's 100,000 elite soldiers with three thousand soldiers and horses at Xianren Pass, he is naturally not an easy person to deal with. role! Cao Yong’s performance in the past two days is indeed worthy of his reputation, and he did not let me down! If it is defeated in one attack, wouldn’t it be a wasted reputation? "
Xiang Danian said gloomily: "The Song army had a weak fighting spirit. Unexpectedly, under the leadership of Cao Yong, they all attacked without fear of death! It was really beyond the general's expectation!"
Yang Peng said with a smile: "The weak ones are not the Song Army, but the Song Emperor and the court officials! Under the leadership of a truly famous general, the Song Army will never be weak no matter what!" He glanced at the generals and said : "The setbacks in the past two days are not a bad thing! At least some of us will no longer be as careless as before and underestimate the enemy!" The generals were shocked.
Yang Peng sat down and said: "A lion fights a rabbit with all his strength! What's more, Song Jun is not a rabbit! I hope you can put away your previous contempt and fight as a respectable opponent!" All the generals clasped their fists together. swear.
Yang Peng lowered his head and frowned and said: "The pressure on Xiangyang is not strong enough now! At least we have to break through the opponent's shore defense and directly threaten Xiangyang City!" Ye Qi Guanyin said: "For someone like Cao Yong, I'm afraid it's not that big of a trick. It is of no use, why not concentrate on attacking with all your strength! With the combat power of our army, we will definitely achieve a breakthrough!" Yang Peng nodded and said: "That's it!" Then he stood up, walked to the sand table, and his eyes fell on the sand table. Think about it. The generals also gathered around.
Yang Peng's eyes finally fell on Niu Shou Town, dozens of miles west of Xiangyang. He pointed and said: "Starting from tomorrow, our army will forcefully cross the Han River from Niu Shou Town!"
The generals' eyes immediately fell on the location of Niu Shou Town, and they couldn't help but frown. Niushou Town is a small town dozens of miles west of Xiangyang. The mountains and forests in that area are high, and both sides of the river are steep. It is not suitable for large groups to cross the river at all. Duan Zhixian looked up at Yang Peng and asked: "Brother, did you point to the wrong place? The terrain of Niushou Town is steep, which is suitable for large troops to cross the river!" The other generals nodded, and they also had such doubts in their hearts. Only Ye Qi Guanyin smiled and seemed to have seen Yang Peng's intention.
Yang Peng laughed and said: "The terrain is steep and not suitable for crossing the river. Then Cao Yong and the others would never have thought that we would forcefully cross the Han River from there! This is called catching the enemy by surprise and attacking them unprepared!" The generals looked at each other and Xiao Duoli said: " What King Yan said is absolutely true! However, when mobilizing a large army, I’m afraid it’s hard to hide it from the enemy’s scouts and careful maneuvers! I’m afraid it’s hard to achieve unexpected results!”
Yang Peng smiled and said: "So we are still going to attack the east and the west!" The generals probably understood Yang Peng's intention and nodded one after another. Shi Liancheng said: "Brother, are you saying that we deliberately set out to attack Xiangyang directly with great fanfare, but in fact we crossed the Han River from Niu Shou Town with an elite force?"
Yang Peng smiled and said: "That's pretty much what it means." Everyone couldn't help but feel that King Yan's strategy was very clever, and they couldn't help but get excited. Duan Zhixian clasped his fists and said, "Brother, let me lead the army across the river!" Seeing that he had taken the lead, other generals quickly asked for a fight.
Yang Peng smiled, glanced at the generals, and said, "This crossing of the river is not a good job!" The generals looked at each other and asked for battle together. Yang Peng looked at Ye Qi Guanyin, and Ye Qi Guanyin said to the generals in a mocking tone: "King Yan hasn't finished speaking yet! When King Yan finishes speaking, I'm afraid you won't want this mission!" Everyone was surprised. , and then thought that Ye Qi Guanyin was talking about the dangers that might be encountered in crossing the Han River by force, so he said with emotion: "In the end, the general is willing to go through fire and water without giving up!"
Yang Peng smiled and waved his hand, saying: "It's not that serious!" Then he revealed the specific plan. The generals looked at each other, Duan Zhixian widened his eyes and said, "It's actually like this?"
Yang Peng asked Duan Zhixian with a smile: "Duan Zhixian, do you still want to take on this task?" Duan Zhixian smiled and patted his head and said: "I can't do such a delicate thing!" Yang Peng smiled and looked. He turned to Shi Liancheng and said, "Liancheng, I'll leave it to you to cross the river from Niushou Town! Is there any problem?" Shi Liancheng clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, brother, there's no problem!" Yang Peng nodded and said with a smile: "Although Liancheng is brave, he is also quite strategic. I feel most at ease if you do this!" Shi Liancheng couldn't help but feel excited. He only felt that his elder brother valued him so much that he couldn't do it even if he risked his life. Disappoint my brother.
Yang Peng thought over the entire plan from beginning to end in his mind. He felt that all the details had been thought of and there were no problems, so he gave detailed instructions to the generals.
In the dead of night, Yang Peng was walking alone in the military camp. At this time, the military camp was very peaceful. The soldiers were sitting around the campfire, chatting or eating dinner. When they saw King Yan coming, they quickly stood up and saluted with great respect. Yang Peng smiled and nodded in response.
Yang Peng walked outside the female army camp without knowing it. The so-called "Female Army Camp" is where Ye Qi Guanyin and hundreds of Feifeng female guards are stationed. On one side of the military camp is an independent area. Male soldiers are generally not allowed to come here.
Yang Peng stopped and couldn't help but smile when he saw that he had arrived here unknowingly. Thinking that since he was here, he simply went in to talk to Guanyin, so he walked into the 'Female Army Camp'. The Feifeng female guard guarding the door saw that it was King Yan who came in, so she naturally did not stop him.
Yang Peng walked into Yeyi Guanyin's tent and saw Yeyi Guanyin leaning on the couch, looking a little pale and looking a little tired, and her personal female Wei Naren was feeding her water. Yang Peng suddenly became nervous and walked to the couch in three steps and two steps at a time. The two women were overjoyed when they suddenly saw Yang Peng. Yang Peng asked nervously: "Guanyin, are you feeling uncomfortable?" Then he sat down on the edge of the bed and held Ye Qi Guanyin's delicate hand. Seeing that her eldest brother cared so much for her, Yedi Guanyin was naturally very happy. Naren stood up and retreated.
Yang Peng reached out and stroked Ye Qi Guanyin's hair, frowning and asked: "Why is your face so pale?" Ye Qi Guanyin smiled and said: "It's nothing! I heard from the medical officer that every pregnant woman is like this! "
Yang Peng felt relieved and couldn't help but said: "Mom was pregnant for ten months and gave birth on the last day, which was very painful! So, mother is the most amazing person in the world!" Yeli Guanyin said sweetly in her heart. : "What the eldest brother said is so beautiful! I really like it!" Then he thought to himself: "But I think that father and mother are equally great! Mother has the fatigue of ten months of pregnancy and the pain of childbirth, but father has to Support this family! It can’t work without any one of them!”
Yang Peng smiled, patted the back of Yeyi Guanyin's hand, and said: "A woman as great as Guanyin, why does she need a man to support this family?" Yeyi Guanyin smiled, and then leaned into Yang Peng into his arms, murmuring: "I am just a little woman next to my eldest brother, and I don't want to support this family! That is your business! I will follow you. If you are good, I will be good, and you If you beg for food, then I will also beg for food!”
Yang Peng laughed and asked softly: "If eldest brother really begs for food, will you still be willing to follow him?" Ye Qi Guanyin said: "I am already eldest brother's person, let alone begging. If eldest brother is gone, I will I won't live in this world!" Ye Qi Guanyin's words were very calm, but they revealed an extremely determined meaning. Yang Peng's heart was shocked, and his arms around Ye Qi Guanyin's waist tightened involuntarily.
The two embraced each other, and their hearts seemed to merge into one. They felt that they were the only two people between heaven and earth until the end of time. Ye Qi Guanyin suddenly said: "Brother, our child will be born soon. You have to think of a good name for our child in advance." Yang Peng said: "I don't know if it will be a boy or a girl?"
Ye Qi Guanyin turned around and said, "Just pick a boy's name and a girl's name. It doesn't matter whether the baby is a boy or a girl." Then he smiled and said, "Besides, what's going on between us?" Can I only have one child in this time? Can’t I just keep the remaining name for future use?”
Yang Peng chuckled, lowered his head and kissed Ye Qi Guanyin's red lips. The two of them had never been intimate since the last time they separated. Under this kiss, they couldn't help but fall in love. Yang Peng couldn't help but tighten his arms around Ye Qi Guanyin's waist, and an impulse surged in his heart. . Ye Qi Guanyin looked at Yang Peng with a flushed face, her beautiful eyes filled with endless lust, and her plump breasts heaving violently due to her rapid breathing. The waves were turbulent and particularly alluring.
"Guanyin!" Yang Peng called in a hoarse voice. Ye Qi Guanyin's heart skipped a beat. Seeing that her elder brother was about to take action, she was suddenly startled and quickly pushed Yang Peng. She blushed and said angrily, "It can't happen now!"
Yang Peng also thought of the child, and immediately felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured down on his head. The desire in his heart was reduced by more than half. He sighed and said gloomily: "This is really annoying!" Ye Qi Guanyin thought deeply. Ran nodded. Yang Peng sighed and said, "So it's not easy to have a child! Not only is it hard for the mother, but it's also very hard for the father!" Ye Qi Guanyin chuckled and rolled her eyes at Yang Peng.
Yang Peng hugged Ye Qi Guanyin and talked about the love stories of his time, and he was talking about the episode of "Savage Girlfriend". Unexpectedly, after Ye Qi Guanyin heard this, she said angrily: "That woman is too annoying, how can she treat her lover like this! And a man actually likes a woman to torment him like this, he is too cheap!" Then he chuckled and said: "But then again, that kind of bitchy man and that kind of unruly woman are really a match made in heaven!" Yang Peng laughed and said: "What Guanyin said is so reasonable! And It’s really a mean man matching an unruly woman! If a man isn’t mean enough, he won’t be able to stand such an unruly woman!” Ye Qi Guanyin nodded in agreement. …
"Commander, Yan Yun's army is actively preparing on the other side and seems to be launching a bigger attack!" Yao Ping said, holding his fists. Liu Feng said: "Yan Yun's army failed twice in succession. This third attack will probably be a thunderous one! Our army must be fully prepared!" Cao Yong nodded and said: "There is no need to worry too much. After all, It's just the soldiers who came to cover up the water and the earth!" Seeing how calm Cao Yong was, everyone calmed down their nervous emotions.
Later that day, a man in civilian clothes rode into Xiangyang City. Immediately, this person appeared in Cao Yong's camp and reported to Cao Yong: "Commander Qi, my subordinates detected on the other side that a large force of Yanyun Army is secretly moving towards Niushou Town!"
Cao Yong and others were shocked when they heard this. Cao Yong immediately stood up and walked to the sand table, and others gathered around him. Cao Yong's eyes fell on Niushou Town and his brows furrowed. Liu Feng next to him said: "This situation is unusual!" Cao Yong turned to Xizuo and asked: "Are you sure that the Yanyun Army does have a large force being transferred to Niushou Town?" Xizuo said with great certainty: "Absolutely! "How many troops are there?" "I'm afraid there are no less than 100,000 troops!"
Cao Yong and Liu Feng looked at each other, and Liu Feng frowned and said: "Yang Peng secretly dispatched the army to Niushou Town, but at the same time he made preparations for the attack in front of us with great fanfare! Now that I think about it, Yan Yunjun's actions in front of us were really intentional. Suspected of being artificial! It seems that Yang Peng is preparing a trick for us to attack the east and attack the west!"
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
